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Ruwer (Verbandsgemeinde)
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Luxembourg Saarland Bitburg-Prüm Birkenfeld (district) Trier Bescheid Beuren Damflos Geisfeld Grimburg Gusenburg Hermeskeil Hinzert-Pölert Naurath (Wald) Neuhütten Rascheid Reinsfeld Züsch Baldringen Greimerath Heddert Hentern Kell am See Lampaden Mandern Paschel Schillingen Schömerich Vierherrenborn Waldweiler Zerf Kanzem Konz Nittel Oberbillig Onsdorf Pellingen Tawern Temmels Wasserliesch Wawern Wellen Wiltingen Bonerath Farschweiler Gusterath Gutweiler Herl Hinzenburg Holzerath Kasel Korlingen Lorscheid Mertesdorf Morscheid Ollmuth Osburg Pluwig Riveris Schöndorf Sommerau Thomm Waldrach Ayl Fisch Freudenburg Irsch Kastel-Staadt Kirf Mannebach Merzkirchen Ockfen Palzem Saarburg Schoden Serrig Taben-Rodt Trassem Wincheringen Bekond Detzem Ensch Fell Föhren Kenn Klüsserath Köwerich Leiwen Longen Longuich Mehring Naurath (Eifel) Pölich Riol Schleich Schweich Thörnich Trittenheim Aach Franzenheim Hockweiler Igel Kordel Langsur Newel Ralingen Trierweiler Welschbillig ZemmerVerbandsgemeinde Ruwer in TR.svg
Ruwer (Verbandsgemeinde) is located in Germany
Ruwer (Verbandsgemeinde)
Ruwer (Verbandsgemeinde)
Location in Germany
Ruwer (Verbandsgemeinde) is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Ruwer (Verbandsgemeinde)
Ruwer (Verbandsgemeinde)
Location in Rhineland-Palatinate
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Trier-Saarburg
Founded October 1, 1968
Subdivisions 20 Municipalities
Area
 • Total 126.6 km2 (48.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2022-12-31)
 • Total 18,666
 • Density 147.44/km2 (381.87/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration TR, SAB
Website www.ruwer.de

Ruwer is a Verbandsgemeinde (collective municipality) with 18,171 inhabitants (as at Dec 2015) on the river Ruwer near Trier in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is famous for the wine from the Moselle wine-growing region, which used to be called Moselle-Saar-Ruwer, and which was founded by the Romans. The administrative seat used to be located in Ruwer, which was an independent municipality until it was incorporated into the city of Trier. The seat has been located in Waldrach since November 2005.

Ruwer consists of the following 20 Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):

Name Area
(km²)
1563
(Fireplaces)
1684
(Fireplaces)
1818
(Population)
2000
(Population)
2015
(Population)
coat of arms Bonerath 4.25 6 6 151 256 245
coat of arms Farschweiler 7.45 13 8 197 760 784
coat of arms Gusterath 4.41 5 9 141 2,015 1,891
coat of arms Gutweiler 2.51 7 7 100 739 648
coat of arms Herl 2.83 5 7 140 254 268
coat of arms Hinzenburg 2.87 3 3 82 164 142
coat of arms Holzerath 6.76 6 5 186 498 429
coat of arms Kasel 4.53 25 21 255 1,347 1,312
coat of arms Korlingen 2.08 9 6 97 890 771
coat of arms Lorscheid 5.09 11 12 187 621 568
coat of arms Mertesdorf 6.47 20 14 287 1,762 1,650
coat of arms Morscheid 5.48 17 18 227 821 954
coat of arms Ollmuth 3.93 4 4 91 174 160
coat of arms Osburg 33.92 23 17 515 1,943 2,457
coat of arms Pluwig 4.87 9 9 250 1,231 1,600
coat of arms Riveris 2.11 4 4 133 364 408
coat of arms Schöndorf 10.03 12 12 296 831 734
coat of arms Sommerau 1.04 1 1 29 74 73
coat of arms Thomm 4.49 16 12 327 1,041 1,050
coat of arms Waldrach 12.45 53 41 533 2,179 2,027
Coat of arms Σ Ruwer (Verbandsgemeinde) 127.57 249 216 4,224 17,964 18,171

The Verbandsgemeinde Ruwer is a part of the district coat of arms Trier-Saarburg.

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